TPC Sawgrass retracted its teeth early Thursday, but proved it still has a powerful bite in the afternoon when some of the game's best players struggled during the first round of the Players Championship.
Jason Day led the low-scoring morning wave by tying a course record 9-under 63. Day had nine birdies and zero bogeys as he tore apart the normally challenging Pete Dye design.
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"I would have loved to shoot 10-under and be the only guy to hold that record, but I'm in pretty good company with the guys that have shot that, especially with Greg Norman and the way he played shooting 63 and three straight 67s," Day said, via PGATour.